women workers in Canada, 1870-1939
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Frager, Ruth A.
- Creator
- Patrias, Carmela K.
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- CAN 52 2005
- Thesaurus
- betaalde arbeid, gelijke behandeling, gelijke beloning, kapitalisme, vakbonden, Canada, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
- Description
- The years between 1870 and 1939 were a crucial period in the growth of industrial capitalism in Canada, as well as a time when many women joined the paid workforce. Yet despite the increase in employment, women faced a difficult struggle in gaining fair remuneration for their work and in gaining access to better jobs. Frager and Patrias analyse why women became confined to low-wage jobs, why their work was deemed less valuable than men’s work, why many women lacked training, job experience, and union membership, and under what circumstances women resisted their subordination. Distinctive earning discrepancies and employment patterns have always characterized women’s place in the workforce whether they have been in low-status, unskilled jobs, or in higher positions.